Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-05-11
Boiled ham at E. A. Knaak's.

Schwarz store on Second street fitted up
for her stock of fancy goods.
Good housekeepers appreciate Fair
banks soaps. They know a thing or two
Rev. G. T. Susan, of Portage, ex-
changed pulpits last Sunday..with Rev. j
| B. Finn, of St. PauPs church.
-Ex-Sheriff Hing writes long letter
to The Jefferson Banner, setting forth in
an interesting manner the glories of Cal
ifornia
We publish in supplement form this
week the laws passed at the session of the
Legislature of 1887 They are in con-
yenient shape to be kept for future
reference.
Mrs. Frank Sullivan, of Clyman,
died Monday of consumption, aged Is
years. The remains were buried at
| Waterloo, the former home of the de-
ceased, this morning.
AT the annual meeting of the James
vile District Association of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary society, held at
Whitewater Wednesday, Miss Grace
Hubbs, daughter of Rev. G. S. Hubbs,
gave thrilling account of her years ex-
perience in teaching the Indians in New
| Mexico.
Some concern is evinced by the
friends of Herman Bublitz, a saloonkeep er
in the old Block place on Third street,
| over his sudden disappearance since Tues
day of last week Bublitz is about SO
years of age and has a wife and five
children. He came here from Lebanon
about year ago.
No place like Schiller & Quentmey-
er's for neck-ties and furnishing goods.
Matte Vickers appeared before a
slim house at Turner Hall last Thursday
evening, playing Jacquine," in which
she produced some German and Irish
specialties in manner that evinced fine
versatility and high order of stage
talent In German character she was
fully equal, if not truer, in the rendition
to Charley Gardner, the great specialist
in this line Miss Vickers deserved and
should have been greeted with large
/ audience.
Fine curtains, nets, silk dress goods,
lawn, white goods and linens at auction.
McKey's sale near the bridge.
Speaking of Albert Keeps resigna-
ton of the presidency of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway, The Chicago Mail
| of the 9th says:
I President Albert Keep made his money
in WATERFOWL, Wis. He did not build
| railroads, either, or take up vast tracts of
| timber land, or develop the iron mines.
He keptsa general store, and sold any
| thing and everything that farmer want
ed, from clothespin to carload of ma
chinery. 1t never made any difference
to him what he got in return-whether
''sho-bOx" butter, or grain, or ready
money. 1t all turned out the same in
the end, and got finally in the Keep
| strong box in the shape of cash The
| Pecks, whose estate was so large that all
| their children are millionaires, were part
ners of Keep in that WATERFOWL general
country store.
With all due Difference to The Mail,
we would say that it is IN error in claim
ing the old Northwestern president as a
former resident of this city. The Mail
undoubtedly means Watertown, n Y,
when it says WATERFOWL, Wis.
Among the many callers at The Free
Press Office during the week, was DR.. A.
Solliday, of Watertown, who has many
friends in Oconomowoc. He spent the
winter in California, returning about two
weeks ago, and in his characteristic way
he related to US much that was interest
ing in relation thereto. The country, he
said, is beautiful, especially in the valleys,
the suburban towns near the mountains
being the best places to live. Los Angeles
he described as a city of about sc, 900 in
habitants, with buildings widely scatter
ed. The present drainage system is bad
and during the rainy season the mud is
very deep and the streets nearly fmpass-
able. When it was dry he longed fol-
the rain, but when it rained he was salts
| fed to have it dry. The business is
largely speculation in real estate, and the
tactics of these spectators are similar to
those employed by three-card monte men
Business is largely overdone. With plen-
ty of money man may buy stock
rancho and enjoy himself, but it is nc
place for poor men. They cannot com
pete with the Chinese. The latter are
better workmen than the white men and
more reliable. The entire vegetable
trade as we'll as the fishing interests anG
other branches of industry are in fhe